Niko and the Sword of Light (2015–…): Season 2, Episode 8 - The Automatron - full transcript

- Previously on Niko
and the Sword of Light.

He has been calling
to me, Mandok.

I don't know what it means.

- Niko.

- Your skills are
fast improving.

Soon, you will be ready
to pilot without me.

A day may come when
my path leads me

in a different direction.

- If only I had a crystal.

What I wouldn't give to cast
a spell of eternal anguish.

[baby noises]
[gasps]



- Niko, the map piece.

- [Wisp] Our master
calls for us.

- Nar Est.

- No, our true master.

[dramatic music]

- I'm Niko and this
is my sword of light.

I am here to protect my people

and defeat the darkness forever.

[dramatic music]

- [Narrator] Niko and
the Sword of Light.

[drumming]

- [Witch] Ooh, it's usually
gold folks wish for,

that or eternal beauty.

I've never had anyone wish
for a map piece before.



- No, it's not a wish.

It's an actual thing.

Niko, do you see it down there?

- [Niko] It is not here and
I wish to leave this place.

[screaming]

- [Witch] Wish granted.

[group screams]

- Can't you see I'm hibernating?

[group screams]

- [Mandok] Blech, headwood sap.

- I told you there's
no map piece here.

- Alright, there's one
last place we can look.

- Ugh, I had no idea
finding this last map piece

would be so difficult.

Four stars walk with
the bower that talks.

I have lost count of
how many talking bowers

we've been inside.

Until this, I didn't even
know what a bower was.

- I still do not.

- It means inner chamber.

- That does not help.

- My point is,

what if Nar Est has found
the amulet of power by now?

- Rest assured, Lyra,
my visions tell me

if Nar Est obtains the amulet
before we can stop him,

the entire world
will be destroyed.

From the undestroyed look of
things, he has not succeeded.

- Here it comes.

Look alive, sailors.

Automatron inbound!

[suspenseful music and pounding]

- Na-ah.
There is no way I'm jumping onto

that mechanical
death trap again.

Isn't this place we're
looking for supposed to talk?

Four times, you tried
to get inside this thing

and we still haven't
heard it say one word.

- Go.

- Okay, okay, one word, but
I suggest we take its advice.

- Get ready.

Three, two, one, launch!

[yelling]

I'm getting too old for this.

- Technically I'm
older than you.

[dramatic music]

- Finally a way in.

Follow me.

[yelling]

- Wait for me.

Oh no.

[chirping]

Wait a minute, I'm
stuck on the outside?

This the best thing
that's happened to me all week.

[yelling]

- Flicker, Mandok.

- They're probably
safer than we are Niko.

We'll get back to them
as soon as we find out

if the map piece is here.

- What a wondrous machine.

- It's like a maze in here.

Where do we even begin?

- The Automatron continually
builds onto itself,

so we need to find
the oldest part.

If it's in here, that's
where the map piece would be.

- I sense we are not alone.

Run!

[dramatic music]

- Maybe you took a wrong turn.

- I didn't take a wrong turn.

I know exactly where I'm going.

- You never asked
for directions.

- We're not lost.

[yelling]

Well, well, look whose
finally bothered to return.

When I send you
to do my bidding,

I expect you to bid faster.

And I don't suppose
you'd have a map for me.

[groaning]

No matter.

I now have my crystal
for casting spells.

My dark champion at my side.

A wisp of darkness
to control and--

- And me, your ever
loyal second in command.

[squawking]

- And this key
which I've enchanted

to take me to my
final destination.

- It's leading us in circles.

I recognize this lousy rock.

- You dare question
my abilities?

The enchantment is mine
and it shall not fail.

It merely needs time
to get its bearings.

Besides, traveling in
circles has its advantages.

Now we can attend to
some unfinished business.

[chicken noises]

I am finally going to
get that combo plate.

- Oy.

[mooing]

[gentle music]

[gasping]

- It's him, it's Nar Est.

- If you say so.

These dry landers
all look the same.

Surrender Nar Est.

In the name of justice.

[clearing throat]

- I'm over here.

Oh this is going to be good.

[dramatic music]

[squealing]

- Oh this is going to be bad.

[squealing]

[yelling]

- Rust bunnies.

They're parasites but
perfectly harmless.

- They're getting
rid of the rust.

They're helping the Automatron.

[burping]

[squealing]

- Something's coming.
Something big.

- Make that two somethings big.

- It must be part of the
Automatron's internal defenses.

These we worry about.

- [Automatron] Go now.

- Don't worry old pal.
Between the two of us,

we'll find another
way inside this thing.

[tweeting]

Hey, where you going?

[yelling]

[speaking in foreign language]

[laughing]

[yelling]

[laughing]

- Look out, lord.

- Here wispy, wispy, wispy.

[speaking in foreign language]

[yelling]

[roaring]

- A jumbo shrimp.

Good one, lord.

- You shall not harm these
adorable bunnies of rust.

[dramatic music]

Shatter blast.

- [Automatron] Go away.

[yelling]

[exploding]

[yelling]

- I do not need
cleaning, small friends.

- They're grateful
you saved them.

- Time to move.

Um... this way.

[dramatic music]

Oh, dear.

I may have taken a wrong turn.

- [Automatron] Go away now.

- Please Automatron,
we need your help.

The fate of the world rests in.

- [Automatron] Not welcome.

- Why are we not welcome?

- [Automatron] Not wanted here.

- I really am
talking to a machine.

Who is welcome here?

- [Automatron] Auto.

- Who is Auto?

- [Automatron] Auto is Auto.

- Oh your name is Auto.

- Auto, we seek the
final map piece to the--

- [Automatron] Go away.

Not welcome.

- Havoc! It's dropping
us into the furnace.

[yelling]

- Quickly, blast the back wall.

[grunting]

[dramatic music]

- Burning birds of fury.

[yelling]

[dramatic music]

[squeaking]

- [Lyra] It's not working.
- [Jackal] Keep trying.

[squeaking]

- Well as long as I'm
waiting for the end to come,

I might as well go
out on a full stomach.

Come here cluster nut sandwich.

Oh, of all the rotten luck.

Now I'm gonna die
alone and hungry.

[gears running]

[yelling]

[squeaking]

[dramatic music]

- [All] Huh?

- Friend Flicker.
We're saved.

- But even his eye beams

are no match for the
metal of this metal.

[groaning]

- Try and eat my
sandwich will ya?

Well, not today.

[gears running]

Whoa.

[yelling]

[squeaking]

[dramatic music]

- The rust bunnies.

[grunting]

[squeaking]

- Our gratitude,
fluffy metal friends.

[squeaking]

- Easy sailor.
I've got you.

- Evil machine we are
not going anywhere.

[pounding]

[dramatic music]

[panting]

- Huh, huh.

[yelling]

[exploding]

[yelling]

[squeaking]

[gentle music]

[dramatic music]

- [Automatron] You
must not take the map.

- And you must stop
hurting my friends.

Meteor storm.

[crashing]

- [Automatron] You
must not take the map.

- You attempt to chomp us.

[yelling]

Fry us.

[yelling]

Flatten us.
[yelling]

I defy you, retched machine.

- Auto's only doing what
he's designed to do, Niko.

- And I am doing what
I was designed to do.

Rid the world of evil.

- Auto isn't necessarily evil.

- His actions speak otherwise.

[yelling]

[crashing]

- That's binary thinking, Niko.

No different than Auto.

- Huh?

- Machines operate on
pairs of opposites.

On, off, do, don't, light, dark.

But not everything is light
and dark in this world.

Sometimes they're, well, gray.

I'm not saying there isn't
good and there isn't evil,

but I found most folks
operate somewhere in between.

- I'm with Niko on this one.

It did try to flatten us.

[dramatic music]

And it's about to try again.

- Quickly, down here.

[dramatic music]

[groaning]

Oh, my.

I've never seen anything
quite so...

magnificent.

- Look and there's
the map piece.

It's encased in some
kind of crystal.

I sense powerful
magic coming from it.

- I shall release the map
from its crystal prison

nevertheless.

- [Automatron] You
must not take the map.

Please.

Auto wishes to live.

- But we're not here
to take your life.

We only wish to stop Nar Est

from obtaining the
amulet of power.

- Surely you know of Nar Est.

And what he's capable of.

- [Automatron] Yes.

- [Niko] Then to protect our
world, we must have the map.

- [Automatron] The
map is Auto's life.

- You were created
to protect it,

so you think it's
your only purpose.

- I too was created
for a single purpose.

When that task was done,
I felt lost and sad,

but I found another purpose.

A better one.

- [Automatron] Other purpose?

Auto is old, broken.

What use is Auto
without the map?

- Well, for starters,
you're a home.

These rust bunnies
need you to survive

and you need them too.

- [Automatron] Auto a home.

Yes.

- Then it is set.

You shall be a home and
we shall take the map.

- [Automatron] No!
You must not take the map.

The map is Auto's life.

- Auto's life.

Oh, havoc.

That magic in the crystal.

It's what gives Auto
his consciousness.

- [Automatron] Yes.

What keeps the map keeps Auto.

- If we break the
crystal to take the map,

Auto will be gone forever.

All this time he wasn't fighting
just to protect the map.

Auto was fighting for his life.

[gentle music]

[yelling]

[roaring]

[laughing]

- That's enough for now, wispy.

[grunting]

[roaring]
[yelling]

Now, then, I'll take your
very best combo plate

and don't even think
about saying the word

I think you think
you're going to say.

Well what are you waiting for?

- You have to choose
rice or worms, lord.

- Oh, rice please.
Worms give me worms.

- Please forgive me,
misunderstood creature.

I did not know you were
fighting for your life.

I'm sorry I became
so angry,

and blasty.

- This doesn't make any sense.

Why would the
creators of the map

want us to hurt Auto to get it?

- I don't believe they did.

Auto must have become
aware over time.

Even those who put the
map here for safe keeping

couldn't have imagined this.

Auto is there anyway
to remove the map

without breaking your crystal?

- [Automatron] No other way.

- Ah-ha.

That is binary thinking.

Witness my calling back skill.

- Ha,ha. Niko's right.

There's always another way.

- I wonder.

[yelling]

- Would you look at that?

I finally made it.

- Oh, good, Mandok,
there you are.

I need you to go to
the aeroglider

and get something for me.

- You what now?

- I must warn you
again, your majesty.

Crystal alchemy is a
very delicate skill.

After years of study, I
myself am still a novice.

- But is it possible or not?

- Difficult, very difficult,
even Nar Est would struggle

and he taught it to me.

- I don't want to make a mistake

and destroy Auto and the map,

but I feel like I can do this.

I can't explain
it but I know it.

- We believe in you Lyra.

Even if this may destroy us all.

- Auto, are you sure about this?

Say the word and we'll
leave you in peace.

- [Automatron] Auto wishes
to live without the map

and stop Nar Est.

Continue please.

[dramatic music]

[speaking in foreign language]

[dramatic music]

[grunting]

- I have it.

[yelling]

- Auto are you okay?

- [Automatron]
What... is... okay?

- Functional, are
you functional?

- [Automatron]
Auto is functional.

As a home.

Thank you, Auto's friends.

[squeaking]

[laughing]

- Exemplary work my queen.

- Thank you.

And is Balatha there?

The last time we spoke I--

Well, doesn't she have any
treaties for me to approve

or rain barrel
sizes to consider?

- Nothing that
cannot wait my queen.

You have convinced
even Minister Balatha

that your most important duty

is to secure the
amulet of power.

Nothing else matters now.

- Oh, we're both the
last of our kind.

Builders, soldiers, shelters.

[laughing]

Maybe when we're done,
I could stay here

and help keep things running.

Would stop an old sailor
like me from losing steam.

- [Automatron] Yes,
Auto loves steam.

[coughing]

- Well, what are waiting for?

Let's see that this thing does.

[clinking]

I expected it to
do something more

directionally orientating.

- Hold on.

There's a hole.

Something seems to be missing.

- The key.

The key Nar Est stole isn't
to the Forgotten Fortress.

It's to the map.

[zapping]

- Talk about slow service.

If you expect a tip,

you're about to be
gravely disappointed.

Oh, come to papa.

[zapping]

[groaning]

Who dares remove me
from my combo platter?

You.

- [All] You.

[dramatic music]

- Chirp.